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what was interesting about that story is that brown serves on the science committee which is also known lately by todd akin. >> bill: yes i guess the republican approach is who gets appointeded to the science committee are the biggest idiots. >> and i think brown is also a medical doctor. >> i think you are right. >> bill: that's scary. this is meet the candidate's week on "full court press." patrick murphy against allen west in florida, and joe mcklosi out in colorado. but first -- >> here is what is making news. this is a [ inaudible ] the washington nationals have taken an early lead against the st. louis cardinals. tyler drove in two runs making the store 3-2, and they held on to make that the final score. nats take on the cardinals in game two today. and the orioles losing to the yankees last night. 7-2, and the tigers over the as up two games in that series as well. >> bill: tigers are on fire but so are the nationals. >> keep hope alive. keep hope alive. >> bill: it's the first post season game won by a washington baseball team since 1923. >> wow. >> bill:. >> and the football te
what was interesting about that story is that brown serves on the science committee which is also known lately by todd akin. >> bill: yes i guess the republican approach is who gets appointeded to the science committee are the biggest idiots. >> and i think brown is also a medical doctor. >> i think you are right. >> bill: that's scary. this is meet the candidate's week on "full court press." patrick murphy against allen west in florida, and joe mcklosi out in...
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this guy is on the science and technology committee of the house. >> whoa. >> if that isn't an example of how the lunatics have taken over the asylum. in joe heller's great novel, catch-22, there is a couple that can't get pregnant and they don't know what's going on. they go to see the doctor. the doctor -- it turns out they are not doing the act correctly. i think that's what's needed for him and others in this party including, by the way, rush limbaugh who didn't seem to understand the function of birth control room pills when he went off on sandra fluke. >> as you allude to earlier, even though the romney campaign said we don't agree with paul ryan. he co-responsored with todd aiken a measure for no taxpayer funding for abortion act where they say the om case it would be allowed is cases of forceable rape. right? >> right, as opposed to unforceable rape which is just, you know, a mere day in the park, a walk in the park it really is infuriating because talking first of all, aimed at a majority of the american population. it is so patronizing as well as ignorant and so beyond, you k
this guy is on the science and technology committee of the house. >> whoa. >> if that isn't an example of how the lunatics have taken over the asylum. in joe heller's great novel, catch-22, there is a couple that can't get pregnant and they don't know what's going on. they go to see the doctor. the doctor -- it turns out they are not doing the act correctly. i think that's what's needed for him and others in this party including, by the way, rush limbaugh who didn't seem to...
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>> science is hard to measure. we're about the same. i think maybe 17th in science. i never pay attention to science because it is tough to get a test. >> what are you, a republican? you never pay attention to science? >> that's the problem. >> bill: james inhoff. >> you walked right into that. sorry. [ laughter ] >> we can't be trusted to say the right thing. no. actually, that's exactly my point. in the u.s., we have this extraordinary science curriculum because all sorts of local school districts can come up with their own version of science. as a result, how are we going to do on a standardized test? it is not clear -- >> the science class you get in maine isn't the same you'll get in mississippi. >> it does not appear to be exactly the same. how much they're different is nothing i've done research on. it certainly is the case. there are other countries we're competing against on these tests that have national curricula where they have defined exactly what is to be taught. >> bill: how good are american schools compared to what your grandma used to know? or used
>> science is hard to measure. we're about the same. i think maybe 17th in science. i never pay attention to science because it is tough to get a test. >> what are you, a republican? you never pay attention to science? >> that's the problem. >> bill: james inhoff. >> you walked right into that. sorry. [ laughter ] >> we can't be trusted to say the right thing. no. actually, that's exactly my point. in the u.s., we have this extraordinary science curriculum...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. on this tuesday october 30, my parting shot for today. nobody's talking about it anymore but there still is a big election. one week from today. and democrats have to stop panicking every time they see a national tracking poll that shows this election to be a dead heat. first of all, a little reminder, that's not how we elect a president. there is not a national referendum. we elect presidents state by state. and that's looking good for obama. no matter what you think about the electoral college. by "huffington post" count obama has 277 electoral votes to romney's 206. colorado florida virginia and new hampshire are still tossup states. according
help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: the parting shot with bill press. this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right. on this...
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the science thing is cover. these people don't believe in science or they certainly don't legislate like they believe in science. >> john: do they believe in science but they act this way? >> part of that but which is worse? what is worse? racism or acting on the fears of raises. >> john: i don't think romney is a homophobe. i think he's a calculating nonbigot. as far as paul ryan, i want to play a clip we played earlier in the show. this is clip number two. this is paul ryan not answering a question. can you play that for me, peter? >> should abortions be available to women who are raped? >> well, look, i'm proud of my pro-life record and i stand by my pro-life record in congress. it is something i'm proud of but mitt romney is the top of the ticket and mitt romney will be president and he will set a policy of the romney administration. >> is that the answer you give every time you disagree with your running mate? >> john: is that the answer you give when you don't want to give an answer? he's essentially sayin
the science thing is cover. these people don't believe in science or they certainly don't legislate like they believe in science. >> john: do they believe in science but they act this way? >> part of that but which is worse? what is worse? racism or acting on the fears of raises. >> john: i don't think romney is a homophobe. i think he's a calculating nonbigot. as far as paul ryan, i want to play a clip we played earlier in the show. this is clip number two. this is paul ryan...
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it is not rocket science. we just have to understand that the political philosophy that insists that we balance the federal government on the backs of ordinary middle-class families is a loser philosophy and it just lost the election and we need to move forward with what the voters want. >> bill: and not buy into their losing formula. >> absolutely. >> bill: terry o'neill full of fire here this morning. head of the national organization for women. you think elizabeth warren is tough, you haven't met terry o'neill. your call -- join the conversation here at any time. give us a call at 1-866-55-press. you can agree. you can disagree. join the conversation. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. (vo) cenk uygur is many things. >>oh really? >>tax cuts don't create jobs. the golden years as the conservatives c
it is not rocket science. we just have to understand that the political philosophy that insists that we balance the federal government on the backs of ordinary middle-class families is a loser philosophy and it just lost the election and we need to move forward with what the voters want. >> bill: and not buy into their losing formula. >> absolutely. >> bill: terry o'neill full of fire here this morning. head of the national organization for women. you think elizabeth warren is...
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>>a new scientific study shows conservatives hold science in contempt. that's a shocker. >>we are fearless. >> you who are pragmatic, you who are progressive, you who are impatient, uncle sam needs you. >>we push, we prod. >> my job is to keep it real. the good and the bad. (vo) and we don't do talking points. conversation. >>the young turks with cenk uygur at 7. >>i can see both side of this issue. >>viewpoint with eliot spitzer at 8. >>transparency is good in government. the more we know the better. >>the war room with jennifer granholm at 9. >>i think that's smart politics. (vo) and there's only one place you'll find us: [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> on your radio, and on current tv, this is the bill press show. >> david shuster sitting in this morning. we are talking about how mitt romney is playing it exceptionally safe across the board. how that's great news for democrats. the controversy involving ralph lauren and those olympic uniforms, the outfits that have said all of the 570 athletes will march into the opening ceremonies in london friday now they have to wear thi
>>a new scientific study shows conservatives hold science in contempt. that's a shocker. >>we are fearless. >> you who are pragmatic, you who are progressive, you who are impatient, uncle sam needs you. >>we push, we prod. >> my job is to keep it real. the good and the bad. (vo) and we don't do talking points. conversation. >>the young turks with cenk uygur at 7. >>i can see both side of this issue. >>viewpoint with eliot spitzer at 8....
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this is a guy who's on the house science committee? maybe todd akin can explain to us how does a woman's body know and how are they able to distinguish a friendly sperm from an unfriendly sperm? this is just so -- it is not just insensitive. it is just wrong. it is just -- it is just uncannily stupid! and without any evidence whatsoever. it is just wrong wrong wrong. as president obama said yesterday at our little imp promptu news conference, come on, we don't start parsing rape. >> obama: the views expressed were offensive. rape is rape. >> bill: rape is rape. so yesterday the cries started mounting for todd akin to jump out of the race. especially from republicans right? scott brown up in massachusetts. of course, he's so afraid of elizabeth warren, he'll say anything to make him look like a moderate. john cornyn and mitch mcconnell and sean hannity all jumped in said you gotta get out of the race. the deadline is 5:00 tonight for him to get out of the race. todd akin is sticking so far sticking in there. he went on mike huckabee to
this is a guy who's on the house science committee? maybe todd akin can explain to us how does a woman's body know and how are they able to distinguish a friendly sperm from an unfriendly sperm? this is just so -- it is not just insensitive. it is just wrong. it is just -- it is just uncannily stupid! and without any evidence whatsoever. it is just wrong wrong wrong. as president obama said yesterday at our little imp promptu news conference, come on, we don't start parsing rape. >>...
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the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his colleagues at a senate hearing. exactly who is he talking to? take senator gyms inhofe. he's with the senate committee of environment and public works. that senator, senator inhofe has referred to global chime change change as an alarmist. why would he say that? maybe because the top three contributers to his political campaign for the top five years are some of the top fossil fuel industries in the campaign. koch industries, murray energy. devon energy. is there any chance that reason can speak louder than money? here to help us answer that question is jefferey sachs. he's comeing to us via skype from new york. thank you for joining us in "
the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his colleagues at a senate hearing. exactly who is he talking to? take senator gyms inhofe. he's with the senate committee of...
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it's really fun -- >> stephanie: it's mystery science insult theater. >> caller: chris you beat me to it with scalia yesterday. >> yes. >> stephanie: and of all the disgusting things people have compared homosexuality is that not the worst? and he is a supreme court. >> caller: oh, yeah. especially when the murder rates in this country are so out of control. >> yeah, and there is a huge difference. >> caller: exactly. and so it scares me and i was wondering if you guys are a little worried or feeling confident >> stephanie: i don't think anybody has any illusions as to how scalia is going to vote. >> caller: i just get a little nervous about those middlemen -- >> stephanie: that's why you need to stay tuned because julie bolcer is coming up at the bottom of the hour. i just dragged you into doing a tease. >> you did. merry holidays everyone. >> stephanie: you too. all right. julie bolcer next on the "stephanie miller show." ♪ ♪ exciting issue. from financial regulation, iran getting a nuclear bomb, civil war in syria, fraud on wall street, destruction of medicare and medicaid. the
it's really fun -- >> stephanie: it's mystery science insult theater. >> caller: chris you beat me to it with scalia yesterday. >> yes. >> stephanie: and of all the disgusting things people have compared homosexuality is that not the worst? and he is a supreme court. >> caller: oh, yeah. especially when the murder rates in this country are so out of control. >> yeah, and there is a huge difference. >> caller: exactly. and so it scares me and i was...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> chatting with you life at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: friday, december 7th here, the "full-court press" coming to you life from our nation's capitol and our studio on capitol hill brought to you today by the united steel workers and their great international president, leo gerard, north america's largest industrial union rep precepting 1.2 million active and retired members usw.org. big news this week uteout in the west, to colorado and washington. they had approved on november 6th each day, approving a measure for the full legalization of recreational use of marijuana. those laws have now kicked in. it is legal in washington and colorado to smoke pot. but will the if he did allow it? al ant saint pierre is the executive director of norml gets a lot of credit. allen, good to see you. >> good day, bill >> bill: i want you to know that last week, last time you were here,
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> she gets the comedians laughing... >> that's hilarious! >> ...and the thinkers thinking. >> okay, so there's wiggle-room in the ten commandments is what you're telling me. >> she's joy behar. ... and current will let me say anything. >> only on current tv. [ music ] on your radio and on current tv this is the bill press show. >> bill: all right. we got it now 13 minutes before the top of the hour here on the "full-court press," at the top of the next hour reid epstein from politico will be in and congressman keith i will ison from minnesota. yesterday, at the whitehouse briefing, it was sort of a boring briefing. there was nothing going on the fiscal cliff brunch boehner had announced he was going home to ohio for the weekend. it looks like things had shut down and nothing on the nomination front. no news about the secretary of defense. there was a no-news briefing. suddenly wow bombs dropped all over the place, susan rice dropping out a
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if you don't believe in climate change science try to find one climate change scientist who is buying beachfront property because it is tough. taking your calls at 1-866-55-press. i want to just play a couple of sound bytes from yesterday before we wrap. we played earlier the president but i would like to just play the first two cuts again if we can, dan. the president defending secretary rice. >> obama: let me say specifically will susan rice. she has done exemplary work. she has represented the united states and our interests in the united nations with skill and professionalism and toughness and grace. >> john: i said secretary rice. of course, i meant ambassador rice. secretary rice is the other rice who, you know, exploited a terror attack to get us into a war. that was acceptable. that was good bad intel. so i would like to play the third cut. this is the president talking about david petraeus. upon his resignation. >> obama: general petraeus had an extraordinary career. he served this country with great distinction. in iraq, in afghanistan and as head of the c.i.a. >> john: ther
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what do you tell the people who are still maybe not sure that the science is right? what are the manifestations you see of climate change. >> happily the daughters are fewer and further in between. and i think it's precisely for the reasons you say. people can now see with their own eyes what used to be a theoretical problem. i wrote the first book about 25 years ago, called "the end of nature," in 1989. this is exactly what climate scientists have told us will happen. the pertinent factor is this warm air holds more water vapor than cold, that means because we have raised the temperature of the earth by about a degree the atmosphere is 5% wetter. and that means the dice are now loaded for both drought and flood, and we see both of them happening with more regularity now. so right now, you know, on the planet at the moment we have heat wave and drought not only across our greenbelt, but also across southern europe, which is one of the other large grain-growing regions of the earth. the monsoon is in deficit in india, and they are about to declare a drought emergency.
what do you tell the people who are still maybe not sure that the science is right? what are the manifestations you see of climate change. >> happily the daughters are fewer and further in between. and i think it's precisely for the reasons you say. people can now see with their own eyes what used to be a theoretical problem. i wrote the first book about 25 years ago, called "the end of nature," in 1989. this is exactly what climate scientists have told us will happen. the...
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the science center, however, has promised to plant four new trees for every one tree it cuts down. 78-foot wide retired space orbiter will take a 12 mile drive through the city. >> bill: i have to tell you. when i was in l.a., i was a member of the board of an organization, great organization, still going called tree people. and we planted -- >> of course you were. [ laughter ] >> bill: we planted a million trees, all of the volunteers did for the olympics in 1984. if i were still out there, i would be raising hell about that. [chainsaw noise] >> bill: i would chain myself to the trees before i would let them cut them down. >> you should go. >> you just found your calling. >> finally this hour, big ratings for dade letterman thanks to president obama. tuesday night's episode of the cbs late show where the president was a guest had the most viewers in over two years! deadline reports on the nielsen ratings, the program's 60% increase over it regular year-to-date. >> that's incredible. >> just imagine if he put michelle obama on. >> bill: what if they put mitt romney on? >> tank, tank.
the science center, however, has promised to plant four new trees for every one tree it cuts down. 78-foot wide retired space orbiter will take a 12 mile drive through the city. >> bill: i have to tell you. when i was in l.a., i was a member of the board of an organization, great organization, still going called tree people. and we planted -- >> of course you were. [ laughter ] >> bill: we planted a million trees, all of the volunteers did for the olympics in 1984. if i were...
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who was a science adviser under president nixon. i said no no, no. no relation to frank press. i know who he was but actually my ancestors i come from delaware city, delaware. my ancestors came from salem new jersey. i found out recently that my ancestors came to salem new jersey into philadelphia from latvia and she starts looking at me and said how do you know all of this? i said i know because i've been on this great site called ancestry.com. here in the middle of a cocktail party selling this product. i urge you to try it, too. they'll give you two free weeks if you go to ancestry.com. discover all you can about your family before you then decide whether or not to sign up. it is a perfect time to do it this time of year to find out stuff about your family roots then when your crowd gets together for the holiday party you can impress them with everything you've learned. go to tryancestry.com. peter, what's happening here? >> we're tweeting at bpshow. some fantastic responses to our information we gave you to get in touch with rick schneider the governor of michigan. it is on
who was a science adviser under president nixon. i said no no, no. no relation to frank press. i know who he was but actually my ancestors i come from delaware city, delaware. my ancestors came from salem new jersey. i found out recently that my ancestors came to salem new jersey into philadelphia from latvia and she starts looking at me and said how do you know all of this? i said i know because i've been on this great site called ancestry.com. here in the middle of a cocktail party selling...
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this is not rocket science, not complicated. boehner, lead or resign. >> this is "the bill press show." ed is calling from frederick maryland. what do you say, ed? >> caller: good morning. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. [ music ] >> coming to you live at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> you've got it 33 minutes after the hour now. here we go with the "full-court press." this monday morning, december 3rd, coming to you live from our nation's capitol brought to you today by the communication workers of america, good men and woman of the communication workers' union under preside
this is not rocket science, not complicated. boehner, lead or resign. >> this is "the bill press show." ed is calling from frederick maryland. what do you say, ed? >> caller: good morning. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out....
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restoration work in the gulf of mexico and another $350 million will go to the national economy of sciences. civil lawsuits are continuing from people affected as well as u.s. government. civil lawsuits could conceivably fetch up to $20 billion if it can be shown that bp in fact, acted with negligence. here's eric holder announcing what bp agreed to yesterday. >> charging bp with 11 counts of felony manslaughter. one count of felony obstruction of justice. and violation of the clean water and migratory bird treaty acts in connection with the deep water horizon oil spill. >> peter, every time i hear that. >> tweety acts. >> the migratory bird tweety acts. >> in the same sort of sentence, talking about the deaths of 11 people. i don't know. eric holder, maybe a couple different speechwriters would be helpful. by the way, this is a big day for the american culture americana because the maker of twinkies, ho hos ding-dongs and assorted other things that have sustained peter ogborn and dan henning for most of their life, hostess has declared it is going to get rid of 18,000 employees, shut down
restoration work in the gulf of mexico and another $350 million will go to the national economy of sciences. civil lawsuits are continuing from people affected as well as u.s. government. civil lawsuits could conceivably fetch up to $20 billion if it can be shown that bp in fact, acted with negligence. here's eric holder announcing what bp agreed to yesterday. >> charging bp with 11 counts of felony manslaughter. one count of felony obstruction of justice. and violation of the clean water...
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this is science fiction coming to life here very, very exciting. >> it's crazy, totally crazy. >> you know, nasa needed this, i think. right? we were all complaining when they stopped the shuttle because what are they doing next? well, here they are. so we are going to be talking sports here at the very top of the hour with jordan schultz from huffington post. and then labor secretary, hilda solis in studio to talk about the latest job numbers. but first: >> this is the full court press. >> other headlines making news on this monday in sports swimmer mike michael phelps retiring winning his 18ths gold medal for his work in the medley relay, a total of 22 medals overall. the most decorated olympian of all time. he tells espn, he has been able to do everything he ever wanted putting the cherry on top of the metaphorcal ice cream sundae. he said he did not want to swim past the age of 30. he will not show up in rio 2014 unless his mom has her way. he took his coach of 16 years, bob bowman. >> unbelievable record. what a performance in london. a little rocky start in that first relay, but
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. >> when you hear that, this is science fiction. you created this science fact. you brought it in for us to see. is this 20 years from now, 10 years? what is your sense? this is unbelievable to the average person's imagination. you can't imagine the ability for nano technology and synthetic byiology all these interdisciplinaries coming together. >> there isn't a single thing that doesn't exist. what does it take to commercialize it. how long in the lab we can physically print the human on the other hand the same doctor who did that has already printed a human bladder that has been implanted. >> wow. >> so we're on the road to do these things. but none of it is science fiction. we're not making things up. for example when we say you take dna and you reorganize it, and then you look under electron microscope, and that shape that you imagined is there in the electron microscope, and you go, this is real. people don't under that you can now mail order dna. i want strands composed of these, you put it in the booker and thenbeekerand you mix it pup it up. unbelievable
. >> when you hear that, this is science fiction. you created this science fact. you brought it in for us to see. is this 20 years from now, 10 years? what is your sense? this is unbelievable to the average person's imagination. you can't imagine the ability for nano technology and synthetic byiology all these interdisciplinaries coming together. >> there isn't a single thing that doesn't exist. what does it take to commercialize it. how long in the lab we can physically print the...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. jennifer >>>> i want the people who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. but it's also about telling them that you're put on this planet for something more! i want this show to have an impact beyond just informing. an impact that gets people to take action for themselves. as a human being that's really important. this is not just a spectator sport. [ music ] >> this is "the full court press: the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. >> 13 missed before the top of the hour here, meredith shiner "the roll call." you can follow her @rollcall.com or better yet on twitter twitter @meredithshiner. somebody like peter follows your tweets and let's you know what you are saying. >> peter: this is my gig. i follow tweets to bill and read them on air. i am looking to branch out. >> can you do pa
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. jennifer >>>> i want the people who watch our show to be able to come away armed with facts and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. but it's also about telling them that you're put on this planet for something more! i want this show to have an impact...
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of why they deny science and reality." and dr. reese halter, conservation biologist and author of "the insatiable beetle beetle" many thanks for joining us now. what about all the climate things happening. >> i chalk that up to matters of personalities and liberals are more open to new information and conservatives keep their existing values. in relation to sandy what you're going to see are the eyes really opened especially for the democrats and the independents, this is not our grandfather's weather. i think there is going to be working down on on the denial. >> eliot: not a word been climate change. it has not been on the public agenda, why is that? do you think sandy will change that? >> it has to change that. the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment get it? sandy is in the house. we've had two 100-year events back-to-back. irene, sandy it could be $50 billion. you know we've wasted a lot of time here. now we've got to prepare and plan. and it turns out it's a four letter dirt word--jobs. come on. >>
of why they deny science and reality." and dr. reese halter, conservation biologist and author of "the insatiable beetle beetle" many thanks for joining us now. what about all the climate things happening. >> i chalk that up to matters of personalities and liberals are more open to new information and conservatives keep their existing values. in relation to sandy what you're going to see are the eyes really opened especially for the democrats and the independents, this is...
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what is the science on that? how much data do we have that we can rely upon, we can't rely upon those who are marketing their own products. >> that is exactly the problem. the patent holders for these genetically modified crops they own these crops as i say they've been patented as uniquely theirs. the u.s. government does not require independent safety analysis for these crops to be approved. as you know perfectly well in washington where now $600 million has been sent by bio tech to lobby regulatory, to narrow the aperture for regulatory approval, it has basically been an industry-driven proposition. there have only been a couple of independent studies. one came out this summer, a peer review in france that smuggled genetically produced corn seed out of canada, and it was scary. i'm not arguing because of this city we have a problem. the reality is we need research, and while we're waiting for that, citizens have a right to know what we're eating. >> eliot: on the one hasn't they want patent rights which is a n
what is the science on that? how much data do we have that we can rely upon, we can't rely upon those who are marketing their own products. >> that is exactly the problem. the patent holders for these genetically modified crops they own these crops as i say they've been patented as uniquely theirs. the u.s. government does not require independent safety analysis for these crops to be approved. as you know perfectly well in washington where now $600 million has been sent by bio tech to...
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much of science isn't like that. like anything that i just mentioned about biology economics and so on. but climate scientists are using that incorrectly. there is real systemic causation here. and systemic causation happens when certain things are present. for example you might have multiple causes. you might have a network of causes. you might have feedback groups. all of those really occur in nature. and what happens here is very clear. in hurricane sandy you have a special kind of hurricane that is normal. actually when you have global warming. it is normal because its characterization is it's huge. it has a huge amount of moisture. it has a huge amount of energy that goes into the winds. how does this happen? every climate scientist knows perfectly well that when you have global warming you get more evaporation over the oceans lots more moisture in the air. when that happens you get heat in the oceans. heat transfers in storms into winds. the energy of the heat goes into the energy of the winds. the fact that we
much of science isn't like that. like anything that i just mentioned about biology economics and so on. but climate scientists are using that incorrectly. there is real systemic causation here. and systemic causation happens when certain things are present. for example you might have multiple causes. you might have a network of causes. you might have feedback groups. all of those really occur in nature. and what happens here is very clear. in hurricane sandy you have a special kind of hurricane...
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so there's all of this -- there it's all of this science out there about the dangerous level of green house gas that we need to be afraid of. when do we need to start panicking? >> al: well, you know, panic is never something that is advisable but the evidence is in. 97% to 98% of all of the most actively publishing climate scientists every single national academy of science in the world every professional scientific association in the world agree on the consensus view. and you have the large carbon polluters, desperately trying to hold back the truth and running all of these ads. current tv is the only news network on tv that doesn't have all of this sponsorship from the coal and oil companies. all of the others have it. and they're among the two or three biggest advertisers on television. you see their ads everywhere. and they pay even more money and lobbying. they're for anti-climate lobbyists on capitol hill, every single member of the house and senate. they're using their big money to promote dirty fuels that lead to dirty weather. and the scientists have told us that exactly wha
so there's all of this -- there it's all of this science out there about the dangerous level of green house gas that we need to be afraid of. when do we need to start panicking? >> al: well, you know, panic is never something that is advisable but the evidence is in. 97% to 98% of all of the most actively publishing climate scientists every single national academy of science in the world every professional scientific association in the world agree on the consensus view. and you have the...
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his abortion policy is based on science and reason. which is funny because his climate policy is based on ideological. >> that's true. that did not resonate with me. people in that camp already it doesn't matter. is there any chance, do you see even a seed of action on the part of anyone to talk about this? or is it going to be one of these things that we go through this election, and it's not even a wedge issue to be frank. >> yeah well, i think romney mocked obama's claim that he would slow the rise of the ocean and heal the planet in his convention speech, and that got obama pissed enough in his convention speech global warming is real, droughts, floods, wildfires, they're getting worse. he tweeted about it, and he included it in his speech at the university of miami. but it's only going to come into the campaign one way. president obama brings it up because lord knows the media-- >> michael: that was apparently he got president obama pissed if you have about anything to come out swinging about it. you're right, president obama comi
his abortion policy is based on science and reason. which is funny because his climate policy is based on ideological. >> that's true. that did not resonate with me. people in that camp already it doesn't matter. is there any chance, do you see even a seed of action on the part of anyone to talk about this? or is it going to be one of these things that we go through this election, and it's not even a wedge issue to be frank. >> yeah well, i think romney mocked obama's claim that he...
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time is from 20 minutes back from mars but in reality once we decide what we're going to do we have a science operational working group. we decide what we're going to do and the sol is a martian day. we write the script. we program -- we write the program. that takes about six hours to write. and then it gets sent from the deep space network to mars where the rover picks it up and the rover does all of those operations during that day. it gets that information first thing in the morning and then it is with us all day long. you program an entire day in one sitting. >> i love that name. did you say deep mars network? >> deep space. reporting live from the deep space network. so that's interesting. why do a whole day's worth of instructions at one time? is it more efficient form the machine? does it -- >> there's always this 20-minute light delay. in writing the program writing the scripts it's called, takes a little bit of time to do. we have to get together and review things. doing it in real time is inefficient. the way the rover works is the rover always talks to an orbiter. we talk to an or
time is from 20 minutes back from mars but in reality once we decide what we're going to do we have a science operational working group. we decide what we're going to do and the sol is a martian day. we write the script. we program -- we write the program. that takes about six hours to write. and then it gets sent from the deep space network to mars where the rover picks it up and the rover does all of those operations during that day. it gets that information first thing in the morning and...
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we have the facts the science is totally on our side. the question is you know, we'll sit on our hands for another decade and let it get worse. so you know, i think -- he's one of these guys, i think he's just an unbelievably pragmatic president. he realizes what the problems are and i think he'll fight like hell for the solutions. >> bill: that's what people want to see. part of what rallied people behind president obama toward the end of the campaign, really started the fight. he really started to show his spine. >> you know, i'll tell you when we were sitting in that room with him and we were talking about the rates and the wealthy he said look, if we have a recession, if we go over the cliff, i don't want to do that but i'm not going to sacrifice the middle class for the next 10 to 20 years. i'm not going to do it. i'm. >> just not going to do it. and you know, there was no question in my mind that there was no fooling around. >> bill: when i saw him at the holiday party reflecting what our viewers and listeners said, right, i said m
we have the facts the science is totally on our side. the question is you know, we'll sit on our hands for another decade and let it get worse. so you know, i think -- he's one of these guys, i think he's just an unbelievably pragmatic president. he realizes what the problems are and i think he'll fight like hell for the solutions. >> bill: that's what people want to see. part of what rallied people behind president obama toward the end of the campaign, really started the fight. he really...
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we have -- i hate to bring them up because some people hate political science. we have election models that analyses based on economic and political statistics that have nothing to do with polling or -- indirectly they have something to do with polling. the one we use and trust in july showed a close election in the popular vote but obama winning by a point 50.5 to 49.5, you throw out all of the third party and independent candidates, that's guided us throughout the whole process. believe it or not, a one-point margin in the popular vote, if it is well distributed in the swing states, produces a sizable electoral college victory. john f. kennedy won by 2/10 of one%. what did he get in the electoral college? 303 which wouldn't surprise me at all to be obama's total tonight. if you add virginia to what we've got at 290 you come out at 303. truman got 303. john f. kennedy got 303. it could be around about what obama gets. if he has florida he'll go above 330. >> bill: you and i have talked over the last few months, a couple of years about some of the very, very imp
we have -- i hate to bring them up because some people hate political science. we have election models that analyses based on economic and political statistics that have nothing to do with polling or -- indirectly they have something to do with polling. the one we use and trust in july showed a close election in the popular vote but obama winning by a point 50.5 to 49.5, you throw out all of the third party and independent candidates, that's guided us throughout the whole process. believe it or...
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don't they stop at some point now that they're saying real science allows us to flatten the earth, pave everything over and utilize all this stuff that we've been given. >> i said this months ago when herman cain was pre-tending to be relevant, the 2012 g.o.p. slogan is yes, we hate. these are people who are taking tips from franklin graham, hateful cracker. they've taken hate to a new level. who hates dr. seuss? green eggs and ham not my favorite book but the hate towards dr. seuss is ridiculous. and it's insane that lou dobbs is blaming the lorax and his mission on president obama. how is he responsible when at the time that book was written he was a ten-year-old kid swinging off a monkey bars. he had nothing to do with that book. >> keep one story together. if it doesn't fit the timeline do not come and tell me that he wasn't born in this country but he influenced a book that was written nine years before his birth. and this reference to occu-toddlers. this is a gave away. a desperate attempt to stand at the ocean and not just push the tide back but not ever see the tide. it's the fu
don't they stop at some point now that they're saying real science allows us to flatten the earth, pave everything over and utilize all this stuff that we've been given. >> i said this months ago when herman cain was pre-tending to be relevant, the 2012 g.o.p. slogan is yes, we hate. these are people who are taking tips from franklin graham, hateful cracker. they've taken hate to a new level. who hates dr. seuss? green eggs and ham not my favorite book but the hate towards dr. seuss is...
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>> i try never to speculate about people's motivation, publisher's weekly says it's the best science book of the fall. top 10 for time magazine, other people are distraught. i think it's about how freaky people find the question is looking at female desire on its own terms which is exactly what i am doing. >> gavin: that was a percentage journey fourth the inter operation of this book came from your own exploration of yourself our join ex-salt your own enjoyment and pleasure. >> i wouldn't make too much of that. there is about five pages of the book where i was very honest with my readers about what led me to look at the science, it was a spinal injury, i was born withwith spina bifida and i realized i was having symptom of losing sexual sensation and mind states positive mind states after lovemaking that i was used to. >> gavin: you were enjoying pleasure but you didn't feel a sense of connection, happiness bliss, what? >> it's hard to describe. connection energy, sense of things being connected to each other. but the pleasure was great. so i understood that there was some brain vag
>> i try never to speculate about people's motivation, publisher's weekly says it's the best science book of the fall. top 10 for time magazine, other people are distraught. i think it's about how freaky people find the question is looking at female desire on its own terms which is exactly what i am doing. >> gavin: that was a percentage journey fourth the inter operation of this book came from your own exploration of yourself our join ex-salt your own enjoyment and pleasure....
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his silence on the issue of climate change and casting doubt on the science of climate change cost him dearly today. new york's independent mayor mike bloomberg endorsed president obama referring both to hurricane irene last august and sandy this week. bloomberg wrote and i quote "in just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate nakeds, something our city had -- never done before. i want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics." for more, we have on the phone -- what's going on to get to millions of commuters to work tomorrow, i'm joined by phone by metropolitan transportation spokesman aaron donovan. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, governor, you bet. >> eliot: we know you've begun to get some of the subways above 34th and 42nd street moving again. what will be open tomorrow and then if you could, give us an update on the tunnels which seem to be the major impediment to expanding traffic. >> well, at this point in time, our subway system is essentially cut in half. we have some service running between the bronx and manhattan
his silence on the issue of climate change and casting doubt on the science of climate change cost him dearly today. new york's independent mayor mike bloomberg endorsed president obama referring both to hurricane irene last august and sandy this week. bloomberg wrote and i quote "in just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate nakeds, something our city had -- never done before. i want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral...
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this is the thing about how well science works. science works in such a way if i do something in my lab i'm going to invite scientists from all over the world to check my work. and scientists invite this because, indeed, this group of scientists were themselves amazed that they got the results that they did. inviting others they can pick up errors. it would be really wonderful to find out indeed things can travel faster than the speed of lights but we have to figure the bugs out first. >> as einstein is laughing somewhere, are all the results necessarily discredited or just in a stay position now. >> right now it's in a stay position, and what they've done is they moved down to the position of well we really don't think we thought happened really did but we have errors we need to correct first. then of course what will they do? as good scientists collect more data to make sure of what their results are. >> the other space news we wanted to get to, scientists say they have observed seismic activity on mars which they call mars quake
this is the thing about how well science works. science works in such a way if i do something in my lab i'm going to invite scientists from all over the world to check my work. and scientists invite this because, indeed, this group of scientists were themselves amazed that they got the results that they did. inviting others they can pick up errors. it would be really wonderful to find out indeed things can travel faster than the speed of lights but we have to figure the bugs out first. >>...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> cenk: i love this aggressive progressive segment and i can't wait to do it to a banker. the ceo of citigroup, in his five. year watch he was an epic disaster. do you know how much of their value they lost in five years? only 88%. they lost 88% of their value! share price gone down. i know there was a crash in there, but it's not like they were faultless for the crash. they caused the crash along with other banks and they never recovered because they suck, right? so obviously if you lose 88% of your share you're not going to get paid that much, right? wrong again, bob they're bankers. look at how much they got paid over those five years $261 million! how would you like to have that in your profession. bob, i have to pull you in, you were awful, here is $261 million. how could you you do that to us? [ sobbing ] did i expect this to happen? i think i have a word for it. of course! of course that was going to happen! and cnbc are crying abou
help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> cenk: i love this aggressive progressive segment and i can't wait to do it to a banker. the ceo of citigroup, in his five. year watch he was an epic disaster. do you know how much of their value they lost in five years? only 88%. they lost 88% of their value! share price gone down. i know there was a crash in there, but it's not like...
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let's look at the science. scientists are warning us this is going to be more frequent, and the american west is going to turn into a tinderbox. it already is a tinderbox. i posed that question to many. that was what was surprising for me. given the science what role does the science play at the table when we're talking about budget issues. according to rich brown no place at the table at all. >> cenk: james, that's the whole point. you kept quoting him saying this is all unprecedented. yeah that's because we've got climate change and things are not normal. they're not what they used to be. they're unprecedented. we have this massive heatwave now. we've broken more hot records. 40,000 this year. are we seeing an adjustment to our new unprecedented conditions? >> well, certainly we're watching record temperatures right around the country this summer. you know, many, many places are experiencing--if you're on the east coast where i'm from, it is boiling hot. it is an oven there at the moment. people are scramblin
let's look at the science. scientists are warning us this is going to be more frequent, and the american west is going to turn into a tinderbox. it already is a tinderbox. i posed that question to many. that was what was surprising for me. given the science what role does the science play at the table when we're talking about budget issues. according to rich brown no place at the table at all. >> cenk: james, that's the whole point. you kept quoting him saying this is all unprecedented....
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science says that this living thing doesn't grow to be a human being outside of the women until much later, and that's why we have laws that base medical issues on science, not on religion, so for me that's the perfectly correct answer to have on that topic. >> jennifer: i think it's an ambiguity that we will not resolve. >> yes. >> jennifer: i'm curious from your point of view you have this -- this effort to educate not just women but men, but a lot of times younger women do not realize that if they put someone like mitt romney in office that a supreme court -- the supreme court justice or two will end up being deciding votes on overturning rowe versus wade. is this comedy a way to reach those young people? >> i do. and what i have discovered especially in my live shows is when i talk about things and bring up a todd akin it's so surprising to me that people don't know who he is. there are 20% of the people that go that guy is real? and you go yes it's real. so they google it and then tell their friends. and then they go to your website, and find lady parts justice, and you get a lo
science says that this living thing doesn't grow to be a human being outside of the women until much later, and that's why we have laws that base medical issues on science, not on religion, so for me that's the perfectly correct answer to have on that topic. >> jennifer: i think it's an ambiguity that we will not resolve. >> yes. >> jennifer: i'm curious from your point of view you have this -- this effort to educate not just women but men, but a lot of times younger women do...
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. attack on women that perhaps the majority of the population woke up? >> idaho is not known as approaching act i.v. you had hundreds of women show up, thousands signed petitions. they made their voices heard. what happens is that now, the legislators are running scared. very similar laws have passed quietly in other states for the past 10 years, really in the past two years have intensified. pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. >> forget mortgages let's take a look at the next alonging debt crisis. what do we owe the most money on? is it a credit card debt. b auto loan deb
>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. attack on women that perhaps the majority of the population woke up? >> idaho is not known as approaching act i.v. you had hundreds of women show up, thousands signed petitions. they made their voices heard. what happens is that now, the legislators are running scared. very similar laws have passed quietly in other states for the...
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>> i love how she brought up junk science. because junk science includes studies done by cornell university, obesity is a huge problem in this country. >> this time the proof is definitely and literally in the pudding. [ laughter ] >> when someone comes to say accusations towards one person she runs down this laundry list. it doesn't work anyway the people that are going to take that and regurgitate it aren't going to vote for president obama anyway. >> that's a good point. aren't that many independents that are out there to go oh, my god, i can't believe she is going after food organizations. >> and nancy reagan was just as bad in her say no to drugs campaign. >> yeah. >> there are a lot of people on the left and tied to the democrat party and team obama who have sat silently on the sidelines while off of this rhetoric is aimed at mitt romney and pretty much every conservative person. and nobody is going to ask her these tough questions about her behavior in the east wing and about her failure to speak up for women. >> do you
>> i love how she brought up junk science. because junk science includes studies done by cornell university, obesity is a huge problem in this country. >> this time the proof is definitely and literally in the pudding. [ laughter ] >> when someone comes to say accusations towards one person she runs down this laundry list. it doesn't work anyway the people that are going to take that and regurgitate it aren't going to vote for president obama anyway. >> that's a good...
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the science is not there. >>only on current tv. ♪ >> eliot: in recent years few things have garnered such bipartisan support as the violence against women act. first passed in 1994 the bill has been renewed twice without incident. but this year things have not been so easy. the bill has yet to be extended. joining me now, jerrold nadler a proponent to extending and fully funding the violence against women act. congressman, as always thank you for joining us. >> pleasure. >> what explains the backdown this time over something that should be so central to a common view. >> the breakdown is the republicans refuseing to extend the bill even the way it was. the senate passed a bill with a few changes to the bill to add eligibility for grants to groups that deal with domestic violence among gay and lebanese people. to help those on indian reservations. the republicans won't hear of that. and rolling back. >> right now for instance if an immigrant woman whose legality is here because of her husband makes a complain
the science is not there. >>only on current tv. ♪ >> eliot: in recent years few things have garnered such bipartisan support as the violence against women act. first passed in 1994 the bill has been renewed twice without incident. but this year things have not been so easy. the bill has yet to be extended. joining me now, jerrold nadler a proponent to extending and fully funding the violence against women act. congressman, as always thank you for joining us. >> pleasure....
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every national academy of science on this planet said that's a lie. everyone said this is man maid, it is serious, we have got to urgently do something about it. 97-plus percent of all of the climate scientists most actively publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with these extreme weather events that is getting everybody's attention. >> maybe this is why mother nature is still fighting an uphill battle. between 2009 and 2011 coverage by the national tv networks dropped a whopping 80%. coming up next, the moments that define a leader. how a black teenager's death put race front in center in the presidential race. and later we'll hear from a remarkable 15-year-old girl on we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>yo
every national academy of science on this planet said that's a lie. everyone said this is man maid, it is serious, we have got to urgently do something about it. 97-plus percent of all of the climate scientists most actively publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with these extreme weather events that is getting everybody's attention. >> maybe this is why mother nature is still fighting an uphill battle. between 2009 and 2011 coverage by the national...
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. direct line to eliot spitzer. join debate now. >> disturbing new statistics released reveal in the first 155 days of this year, 154 active duty u.s. soldiers committed suicide. >> that's nearly one a day. as horrific as this number is it is made worse by the haunting residesation that more soldiers have taken their lives in this year than lost them on the battlefield. the number of suesized represents an 18% increase over the same period last year. here to help explain it and understand these troubling statistics are john salts who served two tours and dr. stein zanakus with 28 years of active duty experience and a founder for the center of translational medicine. thank you both for your time. john, let me begin with you. make sense of this, why you have been there on the field of battle. what do you think explains this uptick, this surge this horrifying set of data? >> i was actu
>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. direct line to eliot spitzer. join debate now. >> disturbing new statistics released reveal in the first 155 days of this year, 154 active duty u.s. soldiers committed suicide. >> that's nearly one a day. as horrific as this number is it is made worse by the haunting residesation that more soldiers have taken their lives in...
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that's why he doesn't give a damn about science. "the young turks." [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families. >> call members of congress, write them, e-mail, post it on their facebook wall. tweet it by using the hash tag "my 2 k." >> if the latest "washington post" "abc news" poll is correct, the 06% 60% said they supported, and oklahoma congressman tom cole told politico last night, i quote i think we ought to take the 98% deal right now. it doesn't mean that i agree with raising the top two i don't. but house speaker john boehner disagreed with that call. >> i told him that i disagreed with him. >> eliot: he seemed more interesting in attacking the president than finding com
that's why he doesn't give a damn about science. "the young turks." [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families....
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a renaissance happening because of the same fundamental sources we've talked about but also as the science becomes demom i can't tied and more people learn that's great for the me. we have serious challenges and if we don't continue to invest in pro entrepreneur policies, we're going to lose the edge. we've got to allow people to come to the united states, and also the policies that promote entrepreneurialship is counter intuitive by taking a risk and not losing their children's health. those kind of things, intellectual property reform, not allowing small companies to be sued starting out. those things make a huge difference. it's not a typical policy don't touch on for all our talk of job creators, we don't talk about what would be a pro entrepreneurial public policy. if we don't start on that, we're going to be in trouble. >> you didn't start with tax relief. i'll be honest, i just started my 17th small business. the last thing i'm worried about is whether or not the bush tax cuts expire. i don't own any start ups do you that focused more on that and are aanesthetized? >> i've never hea
a renaissance happening because of the same fundamental sources we've talked about but also as the science becomes demom i can't tied and more people learn that's great for the me. we have serious challenges and if we don't continue to invest in pro entrepreneur policies, we're going to lose the edge. we've got to allow people to come to the united states, and also the policies that promote entrepreneurialship is counter intuitive by taking a risk and not losing their children's health. those...